Media Bias

Guy Chamberlin said:
Did the right-leaning media obsess too much over Biden's age? Did the left-leaning media not address it well enough? 

Given subsequent events it's hard to say Biden's age was an over-hyped non-issue. Post-debate, Democrats freaked out that the lead story was no longer Trump's well-established litany of awfulness, but Biden's suddenly glaring liabilities. But that was the news. No apologies necessary. 

The notion that the same press ignores Donald Trump's lies and literal slurs is absurd. Prior to the debate, the wall to wall media coverage concerned Trump's legal trials and that went on for months. One could argue there were Biden policy initiatives that were more important to more Americans than vintage charges against Trump for falsifying business documents, but these same people weren't complaining about the media's priorities. The media may be addicted to Donald Trump, but they have never given him a pass. Any time Trump is allowed his own forum -- like the Musk interview -- the media fact-checks the s#!t out of him. 

Do you know where you can read about or watch reports on critical policy issues, with balanced analysis from experts? Everywhere. Newspapers. Podcasts. Magazines. Videos. Use your search engine. It's all there. Just like broccoli is at every supermarket.  

And seriously, does anyone believe this is the first election that's more about the "vibe" than the substance? 

I kinda get the Harris strategy, especially given that everything is working right now. But Harris actually has the better substance story, and she can absolutely control the tenor of any interview. You could make a better case that Kamala should give an interview to Sean Hannity, armed with point by point rebuttal the many lies Fox has been spreading, and succinct deflections of the predictable gotcha questions. 

After all, her vibe is "fearless" and I think a lot of folks would dig it. 
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Guy Chamberlin said:
And seriously, does anyone believe this is the first election that's more about the "vibe" than the substance? 

I kinda get the Harris strategy, especially given that everything is working right now. But Harris actually has the better substance story, and she can absolutely control the tenor of any interview. You could make a better case that Kamala should give an interview to Sean Hannity, armed with point by point rebuttal the many lies Fox has been spreading, and succinct deflections of the predictable gotcha questions. 

After all, her vibe is "fearless" and I think a lot of folks would dig it. 
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This sentiment is why I think Gavin Newsome will mop the floor if/when he decides to run someday. He's quite the untouchable contortionist and charismatic stalwart leader who can reframe anything from anyone without it being so apparent.

 
Trump: no tax on tips.

CBS News: Former President Donald Trump's vow to stop taxing tips would cost the federal government up to $250 billion over 10 years, according to a nonpartisan watchdog group. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tips-taxes/

Harris: no tax on tips (2 months later)

CBS News: Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-taxes-on-tips-trump-proposal/

 


I'd say both parties are pretty equal in the specificity of their policies at this point, with Harris having mere weeks to craft a platform that both aligns with and diverges from Joe Biden's. Her pivot to the center may be political calculation, but it's also correctly reading the room. 

Even at this early stage I will take the evidence of how Harris might govern against the 8 years of "vibes" Donald Trump has been riding, or the very detailed plans Project 2025 has laid out for him. 

Drew Holden's posts aren't really a counter argument to anything I was saying.  

 
Lorewarn said:
This sentiment is why I think Gavin Newsome will mop the floor if/when he decides to run someday. He's quite the untouchable contortionist and charismatic stalwart leader who can reframe anything from anyone without it being so apparent.
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Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttegieg are perhaps the best extemporaneous speakers I've ever seen in my life. Their ability to calmly diffuse any adversary is extremely impressive and needed. 

 
Archy1221 said:
Pretty undeniable at this point 
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God, that's a lazy analysis.

Think of other simple reasons that produce the same result. Go with that. 

I will say that the media thrives on energy, controversy, personality, and any rapid changes in the dynamic. They did not create the two insane months of the campaign we've just been through, but it is pretty thrilling if presidential media coverage is your profession.

If you think a lot of these same journalist are not-so-secretly rooting for the end of Donald Trump, you are correct. It's a bias shared by most thinking Americans. 

 
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